26 February 2018 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 26 February 2018

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Hints & Clues

Across
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Sound from a pound : ARF
4
Discontinued Swedish cars : SAABS
9
Snapshot : PHOTO
14
___ Zedong : MAO
15
___ Vanilli, group with three #1 hits in 1989 : MILLI
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Open the door for : LETIN
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Be sick : AIL
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Drip-dry fabric : ORLON
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Preferred seat request in an airplane : AISLE
20
Not dead yet! : STILLKICKING
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Substituted (for) : STOODIN
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Laceless shoe fastener : VELCRO
28
Horror director Craven : WES
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Warm winter wear : COAT
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Baseball's Gehrig : LOU
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Dilutes : WATERSDOWN
36
___ ex machina : DEUS
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Listens to : HEARS
38
Sí : Spain :: ___ : France : OUI
39
"Fee-fi-fo-fum" sayer : GIANT
40
Objectives : AIMS
41
Pick up dry cleaning, go to the post office, etc. : RUNERRANDS
43
___ v. Wade : ROE
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Author Vonnegut : KURT
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Snakelike fish : EEL
46
Avenging spirits of Greek myth : FURIES
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With possibly even direr consequences : ORWORSE
52
"What is life?," "Why are we here?," etc. : DEEPTHOUGHTS
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Bricklayer, e.g. : MASON
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Slight advantage : LEGUP
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Soph. and jr. : YRS
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Bathroom unit : STALL
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Be of ___ (avail) : USETO
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Fannie ___ (mortgage company) : MAE
63
Full of the latest : NEWSY
64
Glossy finish : SHEEN
65
Midlength records, for short : EPS
Down
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Stockpile : AMASS
2
Bonnie who sang "I Can't Make You Love Me" : RAITT
3
First ___ (Shakespeare volume) : FOLIO
4
Burns slowly : SMOLDERS
5
Simulated smooch : AIRKISS
6
Like a poker player who's either very confident or really bluffing : ALLIN
7
Like-minded voting group : BLOC
8
Swim's alternative : SINK
9
Mercury or Mars : PLANET
10
Katherine of "27 Dresses" : HEIGL
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Settlers of tied games, for short : OTS
12
Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop ___ You Get Enough" : TIL
13
Tip jar bill : ONE
21
Brings to half-mast : LOWERS
22
___ the Terrible : IVAN
25
Fresh from the laundry : CLEAN
26
Circular : ROUND
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Ejects : OUSTS
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Go "1, 2, 3, 4 ..." : COUNT
30
Injury, in totspeak : OWIE
32
Where ships dock : WHARF
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"Wheel of Fortune" purchases : AEIOU
34
Circus whip-cracker : TAMER
35
Gloomy : DOUR
36
Conversation : DIALOG
39
Enjoyed frequently as a child : GREWUPON
41
Trick : RUSE
42
Send on a detour, say : REROUTE
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With enthusiasm : KEENLY
47
Personal heroes : IDOLS
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"Well, shucks!" : OHGEE
49
What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do : RHYME
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Pocketbook part : STRAP
51
Slalom curves : ESSES
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+ : PLUS
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Pianist/radio host John : TESH
55
AOL alternative : MSN
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Breakfasted or lunched : ATE
57
Wise old saying ... like the first words of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across : SAW